The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... Lord Cassilis ) , who had served in the British navy , and who ridiculed the account of the fast sailing of the vessel ; but when the lading was removed back- ward , and she had a fair wind , Kennedy threw the log himself , and ac ...
... Lord Cassilis ) , who had served in the British navy , and who ridiculed the account of the fast sailing of the vessel ; but when the lading was removed back- ward , and she had a fair wind , Kennedy threw the log himself , and ac ...
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... Lord Pembroke's house and gar- dens , with the very curious antiquities at Wilton . They arrived in the metropolis the 27th July , 1757. * PRECAUTIONS FOR THE USE OF VOYAGERS . It cannot be a misplaced extract , if we here introduce ...
... Lord Pembroke's house and gar- dens , with the very curious antiquities at Wilton . They arrived in the metropolis the 27th July , 1757. * PRECAUTIONS FOR THE USE OF VOYAGERS . It cannot be a misplaced extract , if we here introduce ...
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... Lord Kames , Dr. Robertson and Mr. Hume , with whom he kept up long afterwards a friendly corres- pondence . The pleasure which he derived from his visit is forcibly ex- pressed in a letter to Lord Kames . " On the whole , I must say ...
... Lord Kames , Dr. Robertson and Mr. Hume , with whom he kept up long afterwards a friendly corres- pondence . The pleasure which he derived from his visit is forcibly ex- pressed in a letter to Lord Kames . " On the whole , I must say ...
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... Lord Kames . 66 In my passage to America , I read your excellent work , the Ele- ments of Criticism , in which I found great entertainment , much to admire , and nothing to reprove . I only wish you had examined more fully the subject ...
... Lord Kames . 66 In my passage to America , I read your excellent work , the Ele- ments of Criticism , in which I found great entertainment , much to admire , and nothing to reprove . I only wish you had examined more fully the subject ...
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... Lord Kames ; - " I am now wait- ing here only for a wind to waft me to America , but cannot leave this happy island and my friends in it without extreme regret , though I am going to a country and a people that I love . I am going from ...
... Lord Kames ; - " I am now wait- ing here only for a wind to waft me to America , but cannot leave this happy island and my friends in it without extreme regret , though I am going to a country and a people that I love . I am going from ...
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